Tim Rogers posted on March 04, 2010 10:56
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tim Rogers, CEO
Phone: 919-848-3450
Fax: 919-848-2355
E-mail: timrogers@homeandhospicecare.org
North Carolina Home Health Agencies Rank 2nd in the Nation in Participation in National Campaign to
Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations and Improve Medication Management
Raleigh, NC (March 4, 2010) – Not quite two months into the national home health quality improvement campaign kicked off on January 13th at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) headquarters in Baltimore, MD, North Carolina Home Health Agencies have indicated their dedication to improving the health status of North Carolinians and are ranked 2nd in the nation in the percentage of agencies participating in the National Campaign.
Known as the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign, the initiative is a grassroots movement designed to unite home health stakeholders and multiple health care settings under a shared vision of reducing avoidable hospitalizations and improving medication management. These goals will be accomplished through the distribution of tools, resources, guidelines, information and best practice education to home health agencies across the country that agree to participate.
The Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina (AHHC) is serving as a Local Area Network for Excellence (LANE) for NC. LANEs are stakeholder organizations that serve as the central hubs of activity in the HHQI National Campaign. These key partners create campaign awareness, provide participant encouragement and facilitate communication among agencies. LANEs also facilitate agency recruitment.
“We are committed to working in this partnership with CMS to improve clinical outcomes for patients and to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations. We are very proud that NC Home Health Agencies are national leaders in this endeavor.” said Tim Rogers, CEO of AHHC.
The Association for Home & Hospice Care of NC is a non-profit trade association representing home health care agencies, hospice care agencies and facilities, and licensed home care agencies.
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